Practical Compassion in the Age of Crisis
By Erica Chenoweth for Denver Dialogues The news from last week was bleak. Fleeing violence and chaos in the…
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The Silk Road to Insecurity: Why Not Public-Private Collaboration in the Security Sector?
Guest post by Sabine C. Carey, Michael P. Colaresi and Neil J. Mitchell With Islamic State at the…
Why Democratic Occupiers Struggle
Guest post by Matthew Wells “You bomb the hell out of them, and then you encircle it, and…
Religious Peace Activism: How the Daily Work of Local Religious Institutions Can Help Prevent Violent Conflict
Guest post by Johannes Vüllers, Alexander De Juan and Jan H. Pierskalla Headlines associating religion and political violence grab…
Soldiers in Dark Times: Military Education, Ethics, and Political Science
By Celestino Perez, Jr. for Denver Dialogues Political scientists, particularly those who study high-stakes situations wherein lives and regimes…
Is Someone Politicizing Intelligence on ISIS?
Guest post by Joshua Rovner This week the New York Times reported on complaints that the military is…
Why Proxy Wars in the Middle East Are (Probably) Here to Stay
By Barbara F. Walter Between 1992 and 2008, the duration of civil wars became significantly shorter than they…
Focusing on ISIS’ Sexual Violence Misses the Bigger Picture
Guest post by Ariel Ahram The world has been horrified once again by the campaign of sexual violence…
How Can We Keep Aid Workers Safe?
Guest post by Larissa Fast Today is World Humanitarian Day, a day to remember humanitarian aid workers around…
The Biggest Threat to the Middle East Isn’t ISIL. It’s Civil Wars.
By Barbara F. Walter The greatest threat to American interests in the Middle East doesn’t come from ISIL…